What Is Social Engineering in Cyber Security? A 2026 Guide
What is Social Engineering in Cyber Security? Social engineering is the practice of manipulating a person into giving up information, access, or money, instead of breaking through technology. Government security guidance calls it the art of getting someone to break their own security steps. The target is a human decision, not a system, a tool, […]
Meta AI Instagram Hack: How 20,000+ Accounts Got Taken Over
The Meta AI Instagram hack is one of those stories that sounds made up. Attackers took over trusted accounts, from a former White House page to a makeup brand, and used them to post things their owners never wrote. What Happened With Those Hacked Instagram Accounts? Late last month, the old Instagram account from Barack […]
MFA Fatigue Attack: Why Stolen Passwords Still Get In With MFA On
What Is an MFA Fatigue Attack? An MFA fatigue attack happens when an attacker keeps sending sign-in approval prompts to someone’s phone or authenticator app until they approve one. You may also see it called: At this point in the attack, the attacker usually already has your password. Now, they are just trying to get past the second step. A normal MFA flow looks like this: Step Normal login MFA fatigue attack 1 You enter your password […]
Digital Footprint Management: What It Means for Security Teams
What Is a Digital Footprint in Cybersecurity? Your digital footprint is every online asset, account, system, and data trail tied to your company. That includes the assets your team owns directly, such as: It also includes assets that sit outside direct control, such as vendor-hosted pages, third-party SaaS tools, exposed documents, leaked credentials, executive profiles, […]
Shadow IT Data Leakage: How Unapproved Tools Expose Data
Why Is Shadow IT a Data Leakage Problem? Most teams do not find shadow IT through a planned audit. They find it after company data appears in a tool, account, or folder that security never approved. That might be a customer file in someone’s personal cloud storage, an employee spreadsheet shared through an unapproved app, or meeting […]
What Is Smishing? How to Spot a Scam Text in 2026
What is Smishing? Smishing is phishing by text message. The word combines “SMS” and “phishing.” The goal is the same as email phishing: get you to tap a link, hand over information, or send money. Attackers usually pretend to be: What the attacker poses as What they want from you Your bank or credit card […]
Business Email Compromise (BEC): How to Catch the Attack Before the Email Lands
What Business Email Compromise Actually Is Business email compromise, or BEC, is a targeted scam where an attacker uses trusted business identities to get money, data, or account access. That trusted identity could be: Impersonated identity What the attacker wants Executive Payment approval or sensitive files Vendor Bank-detail changes or invoice payment Lawyer Confidential transfer or deal-related […]
Pretexting: How Attackers Use Your Public Footprint Against Your Team
What is Pretexting in Cybersecurity? Pretexting is a type of social engineering where someone invents a story to trick a person into giving up information, money, or access. The story drives the attack. Remember, the attacker is not breaking into your systems; they are posing as someone your team already trusts. That could look like: The request looks normal, […]
CEO Fraud Defence: How to Catch the Signals Before It’s Too Late
CEO fraud is a scam in which an attacker impersonates a senior executive (usually the CEO or CFO) to trick an employee into authorizing a fraudulent payment, sharing sensitive data, or changing the bank details on a vendor account. It is a subtype of Business Email Compromise (BEC), and the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center reports it as one […]
What Is Typosquatting?
Typosquatting is the practice of registering domain names that look almost identical to a real brand’s. That could mean a swapped letter, a missing character, a different top-level extension, or a character from another alphabet that looks like the original. Attackers register these domains in bulk, then use them to phish customers, impersonate the brand on email, […]
